20.06.2022 Cat bungler.

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 Monday 20th, 52F, cloudy with rain.  Cloudbursts possible later. Up at 5.15 after being awake for ages.

 I had just sat down at the computer when I saw this cat at my own eye level. It was going round and around. Trying to escape from my half finished, observatory building. A good, four meters, 12' above the ground. 

 It would put a paw over the edge but it was obviously afraid that it was too risky to jump. Eventually it dropped down inside and out of sight. Presumably to return by the way it had climbed up. I have been over to check but there was no sign of it.

 I started my walk early. To the sight of a wall of black clouds approaching from the south west. A few hundred yards later and it began to pour down. I turned tail and trotted home. It took only seconds for me to be wet through. A quick change of clothes and I am warm and safely back at the computer again.

  Well, that was a waste of time and petrol. The DeWalt chainsaw saw had been returned as repaired but was still as dead as a doornail. 

 No description of replacement parts. Just 1250DKK /£145 for cleaning? Nice work if you can get it! I did some food shopping while I was there. So as not to completely waste my journey. 

 12.45 After a pleasant, sunny morning the temperature dropped and there was a cloudburst. Afternoon nap.

17.00 63F. Breezy with sunny periods. The afternoon was spent cleaning the bath, kitchen and bathroom sinks, doing the washing up and the laundry. Cotton wash at 40C takes 2 hours and 20 minutes!

Panorama view of my wife's flower bed. Three images stitched in MS Ice and resized from 12,000 to 1500 pixels. The camera does not capture all the flowers easily visible to the naked eye.

 I wish I knew what I was doing! Because I haven't a clue which bottle I should be using. There must be 20 bottles of chemicals and cleaners. I've run out of washing up brushes. I use one on the bathroom sink but they have all vanished into thin air.  

 Home improvements and tidying have come to a complete standstill. Apathy and mild depression have set in. My brain is still working in the background. On the balcony's cement board, support for easy installation problem. 

 Meanwhile I am trying to rekindle my interest in my lifelong hobbies. Which means I also get some online socialising if I post my images on the forums.

 I think I'll have cheese on toast tonight. Lots of bread and I haven't been making quite so much toast recently. The remaining half tin of chopped tomatoes will make up for the lack of fresh tomatoes.

Stop sniggering at the back! The flavour of the mature Cheddar was easily able to cut through the chopped tomatoes. I feared soggy toast but it was fine. I normally throw way the juice. This time I dolloped it straight onto the cheese instead of the fresh tomatoes. 

It worked very well indeed! Though next time I'll add pepper to the tomato as it warms in the pan. It just needs that little extra touch.

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